Old processor so it will become obsolete in terms of OS updates a lot sooner, only available in giant storage size so the price is too high compared to the entry level larger one. If they still sold a 32GB one for, say, $279 I would probably buy one.

'Reality' is the only word in the language that should always be used in quotes.

The headphone jack thing annoys me a lot, but I already have bluetooth headphones for when I am riding my bike or at the gym so I suppose I don't need it.

Honestly, I would be interested in the new model if it was not so expensive and they had figured out how to keep the TouchID sensor. I am willing to take a chance on no headphone jack since I rarely use it but I draw the line on no TouchID. I have to have a PIN on my phone for work and between checking my email and 2FA to get into things, I probably unlock my phone 200 times a day. And I am not interested in facial recognition as an unlock method under pretty much any circumstances.

'Reality' is the only word in the language that should always be used in quotes.

The only big phones are the pluses. The X doesn't come in a plus, thank god.

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He saying iPhone X replaces DSLR cameras, I am saying, only for people buying DLSR as status symbol, else try attaching an a camera objective to an iPhone

People who don't understand photography have been saying that since 2009. You can safely ignore those idiots.

Yeah, I don't know man. I spent a ton of time trying to learn my DSLR and take quality photos over a few years, lugging that damn thing around with me on trips. Friend of mine got one of the 7 Plus's with portrait mode, and showed me pictures from a trip he took. Almost everything looked better than any picture I've ever taken, haha. I'm sure it cannot handle fun stuff like low light, long exposure, and long zoom obviously. But if you can take that nice of a photo with your phone, and not have to carry around a giant camera and len's (which cost thousands).....

I may buy an X just for that, and stop bothering with DSLR's, if it does a good enough job.

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The wife's brother and sister are professional photographers, she's got a DSLR and the skills learned from her siblings to take some amazing pictures with it. I know I suck, so I stick to my phone.

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So when I was in LAX before my flight back to Melbourne I had a lot of time to reflect on my lack of headphones and the painfullness of what they give you on the plane.

And I had limited options available to address this, and an obsessive need to not get crappy quality things...

So I bought some Bose QC35s.

And though I feel a bit absurd for spending so much money on headphones after having and using them on the flight and for the last couple of weeks I have to say that I really enjoy them.

The noise cancelling part is nifty, though I'm glad the mobile phone app lets you dial this back in public, but what I found this part of the headphones best for was being able to listen to something in a noisy environment without having to ruin my eardrums - I won't use them much to just block out sound.

What I also really enjoy that I didn't expect is the wireless capability. It's especially handy when working with the stand up desk as I can move about without having to put the headphones on and off, and just less fussy to use with the mobile phone in public.

Battery life is excellent, really really good, too.

In terms of playing music they're obviously not the best around, but for general use they are still very good.

Does anyone have a trusted battery pack they use (aslo available in Australia being the kicker.)

He saying iPhone X replaces DSLR cameras, I am saying, only for people buying DLSR as status symbol, else try attaching an a camera objective to an iPhone

People who don't understand photography have been saying that since 2009. You can safely ignore those idiots.

Yeah, I don't know man. I spent a ton of time trying to learn my DSLR and take quality photos over a few years, lugging that damn thing around with me on trips. Friend of mine got one of the 7 Plus's with portrait mode, and showed me pictures from a trip he took. Almost everything looked better than any picture I've ever taken, haha. I'm sure it cannot handle fun stuff like low light, long exposure, and long zoom obviously. But if you can take that nice of a photo with your phone, and not have to carry around a giant camera and len's (which cost thousands).....

I may buy an X just for that, and stop bothering with DSLR's, if it does a good enough job.

If I didn't buy things due to some quantity of failure points, I'd own no technology whatsoever.

Welcome to my world. I'm still struggling to understand why the majority of people think they need a smartphone for daily life. I also own a CD player with a tube preamp and miss the days when I could work on my own cars with a computer diagnostic system.

I have to confess that I had a completely different notion when I clicked this thread. The things I see as "useful gadgets" would likely get laughs from people here.

"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."

Let's hear some of them. My useful gadgets of late have been torx screwdrivers, a dremel, a 3D printer and a sous-vide wand.

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I need to get me a reverse star drive bit. One day I might have to take the carburetor off of my new nemesis, the Briggs & Stratton GenPower 10.0 generator engine.

My wife is still using a iPhone 4, or something like that which is so tiny she can't read the icons on a map and we miss turnoffs. The upside is that it is apparently Apple's answer to the unbreakable Nokia. Thinking about going iPhone because I use a MBP all the time now. I might be simply assuming that there are many conveniences which would go along with that.

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If I didn't buy things due to some quantity of failure points, I'd own no technology whatsoever.

Welcome to my world. I'm still struggling to understand why the majority of people think they need a smartphone for daily life. I also own a CD player with a tube preamp and miss the days when I could work on my own cars with a computer diagnostic system.

I have to confess that I had a completely different notion when I clicked this thread. The things I see as "useful gadgets" would likely get laughs from people here.

That is not what I meant. I meant I don't give a fuck about points of failure.

If I didn't buy things due to some quantity of failure points, I'd own no technology whatsoever.

Welcome to my world. I'm still struggling to understand why the majority of people think they need a smartphone for daily life.

No idea how representative I am, but:

Internet surfing, Twitter, WhatsApp/SMS, listening to music when walking/in train, getting notified of emails without having to check outlook at home.

Yeah, for me it's giving it a glance while I'm having lunch or whatever alone (my secret pleasure is Instagram, I actually really like it), use Google Maps and that's it, really: I barely use WhatsApp and, for example, I turn off my "last online" visibility (I tend to have a solitary personality and love my privacy).

Talking about other brands...I don't know, a P9 Lite perfectly does the job, for example (I bought it for my fiancee, while I have an Honor 7). ---

With the rest of the money, if you are really into videogames, buy a 1080Ti instead of an iPhone X :P

Yeah: navigation, messaging services (Whatsapp + Wechat), checking out news updates on the Underground and listening to podcasts. Handy to have a digital camera at all time. Sometimes I even phone people. For a lot of those (barring the first two) I could have a few different devices but carrying around a digital compact, dumb phone and an MP3 player seems a bit much. I also have a SatNav when I'm borrowing or renting a car without one.

The new Google Pixels are coming out soon and have apparently also gone the 'no more headphone jack' route. I don't like having to charge multiple devices all the time so I really don't like bluetooth headphones, this is not a move I really wanted to see. I listen to podcasts a lot and I'd have to be charging the headphones and phone at least once a day. Also in gadget bitching news: smaller form factor tablets seem to have gone away. The market wasn't ever really there (or didn't have enough turnover) and so my crappy old nVidia Shield isn't really replaceable with a similar device. Which is a pain since I dropped and massively cracked the screen which apparently did something to the processor as well as it is now suuuuuuuuper slow. It's quite nice for web browsing or as a recipe stand in the kitchen, just sometimes I have to wait a minute or so for an app to load.

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Oh. And I got a DJI Mavic Pro. Going to the Maldives next month, looking to get some solid footage with it.

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I have an iphone 7, and it has a few quirks that annoy me. The obvious lack of the 3.5mm connection being one, and the terrible audio being the other. That said, the main reason I couldn't imagine upgrading it any time soon is because it is the first phone I have owned where I simply don't think it could operate faster in any noticeable way.

And Nebu, man, I respect your stance on things for the most part...but smartphones are like having the entire world in your pocket. We gripe about the prices being so high (because we are spoiled), but these things are basically little miracles you can take with you wherever you go. It won't be long before you won't be able to function at all without one, it already basically is like that where I live. I'd sooner go without pants than I would my phone.

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Yeah, I pretty much use my smart phone for almost every conceivable thing now.

"My great-grandfather did not travel across four thousand miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this nation overrun by immigrants. He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland. That's the rumor."-Stephen Colbert

What I want is a damn iPad mini refresh to replace my 1st gen one for taking with me traveling to watch movies etc.

From what I have read you will be waiting a long time as Apple is dropping the mini line altogether. I like my 4.

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”

Weighs less than 1lb and folds into a pouch the size of a water bottle. A blessing as I get older.

Have seen these, but haven't gotten into serious backpacking yet. If I end up doing Philmont then I'll get one of these as well as a lot of other equip.

At the moment, my "phone" primarily does the following daily tasks:1. Waze (welcome to The ATL).2. Two factor auth for various things. Both work and pleasure.3. Communication.4. Random data lookups.5. Grocery list management.6. Calendar and alarms for schedule management.7. Photos + videos. Related: Instagram.8. Notepad.

Less frequent but useful:1. Delta flight check-in.2. Business receipt upload.3. Look at home security cameras.4. Pandora music.5. Android Pay (got me into a toilet in a mall in Koln).6. Read a book if nothing else to do.7. Play my music over the house speakers instead of my wife's shit.8. Find out that Danny Woodhead is out for the season.

If you give me more time, I might think of a few more. The list grows over time, as well.

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